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TITLE

The Impact of Sexuality and HIV Education on the Sexual Behaviour of Youth

PUB. DATE

September 2005

SOURCE

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality;2005, Vol. 14 Issue 3/4, p124

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses a study which evaluated the impact of sex and HIV education programs on youth in developed and developing countries. The authors reviewed evaluation studies of curriculum-based sex and HIV education programs for adolescents or young adults aged 9-24 published after 1990. The results of the evaluation indicate that intervention programs were far more likely to have a positive impact on behavior than a negative impact. The authors conclude that replications are also effective if all the elements from the original intervention are included and the intervention is conducted in a similar setting.

This article considers demographic categories used in the Young Men's Study on HIV risk for men who have sex with men. We critique oversimplified pan-ethnic categories and the polarization of US racial discourse. We also interrogate the use of certain gender and sexuality markers that produced...

Objectives: To investigate sex specific sexual behaviour in youths visiting a youth clinic for sexual and reproductive health in Dar es Saalam. Methods: A questionnaire was administered to a random sample of youths between 10 and 24 years of age attending the youth health clinic in Dares Saalam....

Young people face sexual and reproductive health (SRH) problems including Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is critical to continue documenting their situation including the contexts they live in. As part of a larger study that explored...

Presents a study that evaluated the effects of HIV antibody testing and education about HIV infection on communication about sexual risk behaviors for HIV transmission. Implementation of an HIV antibody test; Strategies used in educating the respondents about AIDS; Percentage of the respondents...

The article reports on the effectiveness of sex education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) education in schools in developing countries. Since schools are institutions attended by youths, it is important for them to provide education aimed at decreasing the occurrence of HIV infections....

The author reflects on the diverse effects of HIV-AIDS on the mental health of people in developing countries. The author says that HIV-AIDS pandemic is widespread in developing countries with impacts on the economic, social, and cultural structures of the society. The author adds that the...

Recent mathematical modelling has advocated for rapid â€œtest-and-treatâ€ programs for HIV in the developing world, where HIV-positive individuals are identified and immediately begin a course of antiretroviral treatment, regardless of the length of time they have been infected....

The paper draws attention to the relationship between the research process and the production of knowledge on adolescent sexual behaviours and HIV and AIDS issues by adolescents in Botswana schools. Within this context the paper addressed the successes and challenges experienced in conducting...

In the UK, peer education has become an increasingly popular way of carrying out health promotion work with young people but evaluations of its effectiveness remain largely unpublished. In particular, illuminative evaluations using qualitative methods are rarely reported both in the UK and other...